In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
REJACKET
Etymology
Verb
rejacket (third-person singular simple present rejackets, present participle rejacketing, simple past and past participle rejacketed)
(transitive) To cover (a book, etc.) with a new jacket.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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